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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who sabotaged Jack's chances for acquiring the French privateer?
(a) Secretary
(b) Commandant
(c) Doctor
(d) Govenor

2. Which of the following does Jack indicate he relied on for his own promotion?
(a) Saving the right person
(b) A bit of luck
(c) Brave deeds
(d) Very important acts

3. What does Jack compare the fish, birds and meteors to as he tries to convince Stephen to join him aboard ship?
(a) Music
(b) Strange and new people
(c) Prize money
(d) Surgical prowess

4. Which is Stephen's native country?
(a) Catalonia
(b) Italy
(c) Ireland
(d) France

5. What does the waiter bring to Jack after he tries to convince Stephen to come with him on the voyage?
(a) Another promotion for Jack
(b) Dessert
(c) Packet of orders from Captain Harte
(d) Applications for sailors

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters has a cousin joining the ship?

2. What does Jack imagine using to beat down Maturin?

3. What did Maturin accuse Jack of doing incorrectly during the concert?

4. Where is the setting as the novel opens?

5. Which of the following characters is the ship's surgeon?

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